Jul 15, 2020 | National
To get around the enormous barriers to entry for California’s legal marijuana industry, a growing number of small farmers are increasingly turning to a practice mainstream agriculture has used for generations: so-called “contract farming.” It’s a different business...
Jul 14, 2020 | National
Legal cannabis sales surged to new highs in some states even as COVID-19 caused record unemployment levels and billions in lost income. Experts at Anderson Economic Group, who have tracked legal cannabis demand through the AndCan® Index since 2015, suspect this short-...
Jul 14, 2020 | National
Marijuana policy recommendations promulgated this week by the Joe Biden campaign fall well short of the changes necessary to adequately address the historic and ongoing failures of federal cannabis prohibition. Specifically, the plan calls for...
Jul 9, 2020 | National
And like democracy, legalization is imperfect and undone—and requires consumers to make deliberate choices, like choosing to buy legal weed from Black and brown people. Whether by design or by neglect, this is difficult to do, which means the project is further away...
Jul 9, 2020 | National
Seventy percent of Americans say that it is morally permissible for adults to “smoke marijuana,” regardless of the plant’s legal status, according to nationwide polling data compiled by Gallup. That is an increase of five percentage points since...
Jul 7, 2020 | National
Green Flower Media, the leader in cannabis education and training has partnered with the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) to launch the Cannabis Advocacy Certificate Program, arming future policy-shapers with the expertise needed to...
